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What You Told Us About Your Biggest Challenge Surprised Us

PCMA Convene

A number of people mentioned competition and a saturated events calendar as the biggest challenge, a response that we’ve seldom seen before. Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that conventions and events would expand by 44 percent from 2010 to 2020, growing far faster than other industries. It makes sense — the U.S.

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What Job Skills Will You Need in 2020?

PCMA Convene

Negotiation dropped from the fifth position in 2015 to ninth in 2020, because “machines, using masses of data, [will] begin to make our decisions for us,” according to the report. ” Top 10 Skills Needed in 2010. Negotiation. Negotiation. Complex problem solving. Critical thinking. Creativity. People management.

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

Karen Kotowski (CAE, CEMP), CEO of Events Industry Council (EIC)—which awards Certified Meeting Professionals (CMP) credentials—confirmed that outside validation of advanced skills is becoming an essential step in a planner’s career path. What skills are event professionals most interested in learning today? Jessie States.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

He is most known for writing a compelling book on SaaS sales, “Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization: How to Design, Build and Scale a Customer-Centric Sales Organization” Oren Klaff Who is he? Oren is one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation. Events on his email ID Alissa Hurley Who is she?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 after successful careers in academia and computer game development. A child chess prodigy, he designed and programmed the multi-million selling, award-winning game Theme Park at the age of 17. Over 200,000 event professionals downloaded his books. Where to find him?